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ITS Service Description

Service Name
IT Business Services - Financial Aid
Description

This service provides for accurate and reliable processing of Financial Aid transactions.

Service Line

Shared/Department Software Support

Features
  • Create ad-hoc reports as requested
  • Research trouble call as needed until resolved
  • Contact the vendor as needed
  • Install updates as provided by the vendor
  • Assist in the set-up and implementation of new features
  • Develop programs to enhance the Financial Aid functionality as prioritized by the Administrative Systems Advisory Committee
Service Administrator (owner)

Joy Brown

VP Customer Vice President for Enrollment
Availability The Financial Aid system is available 24 X 7 X 365 except during planned maintenance and upgrades.
Support
  •  Support is provided 8:30 am  - 5:00 pm M-F except for campus holidays and shutdowns
  • Trouble calls and programming requests to the IT Service Center 864-294-3277 or email help.desk@furman.edu
Initiated

Approved work requests

Charges

None

Delivery channels
  • Completed work requests
  • Consulting support
 Prerequisites
  • Functioning infrastructure, network, servers, Unidata, and user interface
  • Person reporting problem provides sufficient data to research the problem
 Key Service Targets
  • Complete 95% of ad-hoc reports within 1 day from when work request was submitted
  • Resolve 90% of trouble calls within 5 hours from when notified of problem or escalated to vendor within that time
  • Complete 95% of update installations no later than one month of update release
  • Complete 95% of set-up and installation of new features at most three months from time user and owner agree feature desired
  • Complete 90% of program development within 3 months from when an agreement is reached between the requester and owner as to the scope of the project

Connect With Furman

     
3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC, 29613
Phone: 864-294-2000